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The collapse dumped more about 50 people into the Savannah River. Firefighter Michael Curry was one of the first responders on scene, officials said. We're told he was helping pull people from the water when he had a medical emergency. Medical personnel on scene provided first aid to Curry before transporting him to the hospital, officials said, but he passed away late Saturday afternoon.

Curry was a Master Firefighter who worked for the Savannah Fire Department for 13 years. He was also father to an 8-year-old boy.

"(The dock) like -- jumped -- and people started to scream. It dropped probably a good three to four feet and tilted and leaned forward and dumped everybody over the side," Adams said.

Emergency crews arrived as people still struggled to get out of the water. Ann Everhardt, nearby during the collapse, said she saw plenty of bystanders rush to help people out of the water.

"When you looked over, you could see people floating in the river," Everhardt said. "People were trying to grab people that were in the river -- they were trying to yank them out. Some people were just trying to hold onto arms because the current is so strong."

Fire crews said about 30 people were injured by the collapse and 13 received treatment at the hospital.

Authorities are currently investigating what caused the loading dock to collapse.

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THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR
WJCL 22 NEWS TONIGHT IM
MEGHAN SCHILLER..
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"WE LOST A MEMBER OF OUR
FAMILY - WE LOST A
FIREFIGHTER " TONIGHT THE
COMMUNITY AT A LOSS IN THE
WAKE OF FIREFIGHTER MICHAEL
CURRY'S DEATH.. JUST HOURS
AFTER A MASSIVE RESCUE EFFORT
TO SAVE DOZENS WHO PLUNGED
INTO THE SAVANNAH RIVER.
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THAT CHAOTIC SCENE
UNFOLDED AFTER A DOCK
COLLAPSED IN THE SAVANNAH
RIVER. MICHEL CURRY WAS A
MASTER FIREFIGHTER WHO WORKED
WITH THE SAVANNAH FIRE
DEPARTMENT FOR 13 YEARS HE
WAS ALSO A FATHER TO AN 8 YEAR
OLD BOY.
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CITY LEADERS REMEMBER THE
FIREFIGHTER WHO DIED FROM A
MEDICAL CONDITION WHILE WHILE
PEOPLE AFTER THE BOAT RAMP
COLLAPSE ON RIVER STREET.THE
FIRE CHIEF HE'S NEVER LOST A
FIREFIGHTER IN THE LINE OF
DUTY.CITY LEADERS AND THE
SAVANNAH FIRE DEPARTMENT
REMEMBER FIREFIGHTER MICHAEL
CURRY WE LOST A HERO - A
PERSON WHO WAS MOVE TOWARDS
THE DANGER NOT RUNNING FROM IT
CURRY WAS ONE OF MANY FIRST
RESPONDERS ON RIVER STREET
AFTER A LANDING DOCK COLLAPSE
SENDING DOZENS INTO THE
SAVANNAH RIVER - FIRE CREWS
SAY HE HAD MEDICAL EMERGENCY
WHILE SAVING PEOPLE AND WAS
RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE
HE DIED.A RISK THESE
FIREFIGHTERS TAKE.WE ALL LOVE
THIS PROFESSION - WE ARE ALL
EXPECTING AT SOME POINT ANY OF
US COULD BE ANSWERING OULAST
ALARM.MATHEW ADAMS SAW THE
CHAOS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
IT LIKE JUMPED AND PEOPLE
STARTED TO SCREAM WELL IT
DROPPED PROBABLY A GOOD THREE
TO FOUR FEET AND TILTED AND
LEANED FORWARD AND DUMPED
EVERYBODY OVER THE SIDE.
EMERGENCY CREWS RUSHED TO DOWN
TO RIVER STREET AS PEOPLE
STRUGGLED TO GET OUT OF THE
WATER.WHEN YOU LOOKED OVER YOU
COULD SEE PEOPLE FLOATING IN
THE RIVER - PEOPLE WERTRYING
TO GRAB PEOPLE THAT WERE IN
THE RIVER THEY WERE TRYING TO
YANK THEM OUT SOME PEOPLE WERE
JUST TRYING TO HOLD ONTO ARMS
BECAUSE THE CURRENT IS SO
STRONG.WE'RE TOLD ABOUT 30
PEOPLE WERE INJURED - 13 TAKEN
TO THE HOSPITAL.ONE OF THOSE
WAS CURRY WHO DIED.THE OTHER
HAVE MINOR INJURIES.I HAVE
NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT
HOPEFULLY I WON'T EVER SEE
ANYTHING LIKE IT AGAINYEAH IT
WAS SOMETHING ELSEIN SAVANNAH
LAUREN BRADLEY WJCL 22 NEWS.
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THE BIG QUESTION TONIGHT IS
WHAT CAUSED THE LOADING DOCK
TO COLLAPSE.THAT'S STILL UNDER
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